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The Best Episodes Written By Hart Hanson

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 16 - The Parts in the Sum of the Whole
    8.6/10(17 votes)

    S5:E16

    When Dr. Sweets' book gets published, both Booth and Brennan read it and tell him about the first time they met: 6 years ago. The episode will give a new perspective on Booth and Brennan's relationship, and will also give viewers the chance to see Zack Addy again, and Dr Saroyan as a New York Coroner.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - The Woman in Limbo
    8.6/10(20 votes)

    S1:E22

    Brennan receives some bones to identify, but is stunned when she discovers that the remains are those of her mother who disappeared when she was 15 years old. The determined date of her mother's death leaves Bones confused and angry.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Judas on a Pole
    8.5/10(21 votes)

    S2:E11

    Booth and Brennan are called to the scene where a man's body was found hung like a scarecrow, gutted, and burned on the roof of a building used by the FBI to hide witnesses.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - An Orphan Walks Into A Bar
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    S1:E1

    After recovering one of John Fogerty’s beloved guitars, Iraq veteran Walter Sherman helps a teenage boy locate his missing father, a military pilot and war hero whose plane vanished after embarking on an undisclosed mission.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - The Boy With The Bucket
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    S1:E13

    When Langston, Walter's older brother comes to town, he asks Walter to go see their dying father whose last wish is for Walter to find his first love... Walter and Langston's mother. Additionally, a stolen painting he had previously found for a museum turns out to be fake, so now Walter must either find the original or return his finder's fee. Meanwhile, Willa struggles with her upcoming marriage to Timo, which is now only one week away.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Man in the Fallout Shelter
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    S1:E9

    Brennan and her team are brought in to identify the body of a man found in a fallout shelter. While cutting into the bones of the man, Zach accidentally releases a deadly fungus, causing the team to be quarantined over Christmas.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  7. undefined Season 6 Episode 23 - The Change in the Game
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    S6:E23

    In the 6th season finale, the team investigates the disturbing, unidentifiable remains of a bowler that were found jammed in one of the bowling alley's automatic pinsetters. After hitting a dead end in the case, Booth and Brennan decide to go undercover and join a competitive bowling team in search of answers.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 15 - The Pain in the Heart
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    S3:E15

    The Gormogon serial killer is back again, and the silver skeleton from the basement vault has gone missing. All the Jeffersonian employees become suspects, with the scary possibility that one of their own is working with Gormogon.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - The Nox
    8.1/10(51 votes)

    S1:E8

    Pressed by the government to acquire new technologies, SG-1 is led to a world inhabited by a seemingly primative race. When Apophis arrives, SG-1 ambush him with disasterous consequences.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Stargazer in a Puddle
    8.1/10(16 votes)

    S2:E21

    When Angela draws the face of an old woman to go with the decomposed skeleton of someone much younger, they soon learn the victim had Progeria, an aging disease. Booth and Brennan investigate to discover who would want to kill such a fragile person. Meanwhile, Hodgins and Angela's walk down the aisle doesn't go as planned.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  11. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - The Mastodon in the Room
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    S6:E1

    With Cam’s reputation and career on the line, the team travels from overseas to help her solve the case of an unidentified young boy. The Forensics Anthropology Unit lost much of its vigor after disbanding to pursue personal ventures, and it will take the collaborative energy and knowledge of the newly reunited team to unravel evidence and find closure for the family of the unknown boy. After unearthing new clues in the lab and making unexpected personal discoveries, the team realizes they belong back in Washington, D.C.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  12. undefined Season 5 Episode 22 - The Beginning in the End
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S5:E22

    The team works to uncover clues buried under a life’s worth of possessions saved by a hoarder in order to solve the mystery of his death. Meanwhile, Angela’s father has a specific purpose for his most recent visit, and Brennan and Booth are confronted with unique opportunities.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Yanks in the U.K. (1)
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S4:E1

    Season four begins all the way in England, with Booth speaking at Scotland Yard and Brennan guest-lecturing at the prestigious Oxford University. Knowing of Booth and Brennan's expertise in their respective fields, local officials ask for their help with a high-profile murder investigation that involves a British heiress.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - The Widow's Son in the Windshield
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S3:E1

    After a skull smashes into the windshield of a teenager's car, the investigation reveals the skull has been gnawed on by human teeth, which implies cannibalism and marks the beginning of the Widow's Son case. Meanwhile, Angela and Hodgins hire a private investigator to find her husband. Bones searches for Zach's replacement and the team gets a wonderful surprise.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - A Boy in a Tree
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S1:E3

    When the decaying corpse of the Venezuelan Ambassador's son is found hanging from a tree on the campus of an exclusive private school, a simple suicide case quickly turns into a web of lies, sex and scandal involving the school's staff and students.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  16. undefined Season 6 Episode 19 - The Finder
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    S6:E19

    The remains of a maritime museum security guard are found in the Florida Everglades after an attempt to steal an obsolete 17th century nautical chart fragment used to find treasures. In order to solve the crime, Booth seeks out Walter Sherman, a former Iraqi soldier with an uncanny gift to unearth anyone and anything. With Sherman's help, as well as that of his colleague, Ike Latulippe, and his legal advisor, Leo Knox, the team is led to tattoo artist who points them in the direction of a tough young woman. But when the woman is found murdered with remnants of the map lodged in her remains, the team discovers centuries of history linked to the map and the suspect behind the crimes. Meanwhile, Brennan puts Sherman's remarkable skill to the test, and Booth harbors cold feelings toward his former military comrade.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  17. undefined Season 8 Episode 1 - The Future in the Past
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    S8:E1

    Having been accused of murder, Brennan is on the run from the FBI, with help from her father Max. Booth and the Jeffersonian team are convinced evil tech genius Christopher Pelant has manipulated key evidence in the case to pinpoint Brennan as the prime suspect. Then, an anonymous tip leads the team to the remains of a high school guidance counselor that may hold the key to proving Brennan's innocence.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - The End in the Beginning
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    S4:E26

    In the season finale, a dead body is found at a club called "The Lab." The team has to do some unexpected and unusual things that have to do with this club. Brennan and Booth may become a couple.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  19. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Harbingers in the Fountain
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    S5:E1

    It's been six weeks since Booth and Brennan have seen each other. Booth has been recovering from brain surgery, and Brennan has been on a dig in Guatemala. Angela's psychic, Avalon Harmonia reveals while reading Angela's tarot cards that there are multiple bodies buried under a Washington,DC fountain. Angela shares the information with Brennan and Booth, but they're both a little skeptical. The lead pans out, and the duo find the remains of 11 bodies exactly where the psychic said they would be. Meanwhile, Sweets has certified Booth mentally fit to return to duty after his brain surgery, but Booth is still experiencing some side effects from the coma.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - The Titan on the Tracks
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    S2:E1

    A train carrying a popular Senator is derailed by a car positioned on the tracks. Brennan works out why the dead body of a rich businessman was placed in the car, and the search continues for her father. The team has a new boss.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    S1:E1

    Pilot episode. After returning to Washington, D.C., renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan is called in by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to aid an FBI investigation involving a set of bones found hidden in a lake.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Tempests
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E9

    The Tempest, a rickety old spaceship piloted by space colonists John Virgil and Captain Parker, is on a mission of mercy. It is ferrying two bigwigs from Earth, Dr. Vasquez and Governor Mudry, along with a lifesaving vial of serum to the Tabloss Colony, where an epidemic of Ellysia C is devastating the population. But things go horribly wrong when the ship shifts down from lightspeed and crashes somewhere in space. As he attempts to repair the ship, Virgil is bitten by a strange spider-like creature and passes out. When he awakes, he finds himself sliding between two equally convincing realities. Is he battling for his life against the deadly Ellysia C having already delivered the serum and saved the colony, including his beloved wife and his young son, from certain death? Or is he alive, trapped in a spaceship in the middle of nowhere, with no way out? Or are both realities merely hallucinations, one man's desperate attempt to find hope and heroism in a situation too bleak to face?.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Brief Candle
    7.1/10(47 votes)

    S1:E9

    SG-1 discovers a race of attractive people who age extremely rapidly. The situation becomes personal when O'Neill begins to suffer from the same accelerated aging, and must live out the rest of his life on the planet.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  24. undefined Season 9 Episode 1 - The Secrets in the Proposal
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    S9:E1

    The Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of Jason Siedel, an accountant for the state department, whose remains were found in a hotel air conditioning unit. When Booth finds his old army buddy and CIA agent, Danny Beck, clearing away evidence at the victim's condo, he begins to realize that Siedel's murder could yield more suspects than the team had anticipated. Booth also seeks out Aldo Clemens, his friend and an ex-priest from their military days together, to get advice on his relationship with Brennan, now that Pelant has put a wedge between them. Meanwhile, Brennan must decide whether to have faith in Booth or to end her relationship with him.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  25. undefined Season 8 Episode 9 - The Ghost in the Machine
    6.3/10(21 votes)

    S8:E9

    A psychic joins the investigation of a death of a little boy whose soul is believed to be still alive, prompting the team members to reflect on their beliefs of life after death.

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    Writer:Hart Hanson

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Hart Hanson Ratings Summary

"The Parts in the Sum of the Whole" is the best rated episode written by Hart Hanson. It scored 8.559/10 based on 17 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 4/8/2010 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Woman in Limbo".